All our 7 day tours start from our base in Castle Douglas and include:
a replica of the first pedal cycle see at Drumlanrig Castle on a 7 day tourCycle hire – discount if not required.
Luggage transfer - discount if not required.
Tour Info – provided at welcome meeting on arrival.
Support Service - if any problems.
Free extra - Cycle to Threave Castle and Garden on arrival day afternoon – with Sulwath brewery visit on return!
Below we outline several popular 7 day tours with Easy, Moderate Challenging grades.
The Galloway Triangle - 7A
- For casual cyclists - around 16 miles per day with lots of features to look around. Price: £525 p.p.
beside the wild goat park in the Galloway Forest ParkA coastal cycling day follows, with optional detours to bays and beaches as you cycle to Gatehouse of Fleet. Then it’s inland and upward through woodland and glen to a nature reserve before heading down to Creetown with its famous gem rock museum. Visit Kirroughtree Forest Visitor Centre, a favourite for mountain bikers, before arriving at Newton Stewart, 'The Gateway to the Galloway Hills'. Wigtown, Scotland's National Book Town and Bladnoch whisky distillery are great places to visit during a flat circular tour the following day.
You’ll then follow The Queen's Way through the Galloway Forest Park passing spectacular scenery, the Grey Mare's Tail waterfall, a wild goat park, red deer range and Clatteringshaws Loch. You’ll return to Castle Douglas by following the line of Loch Ken and the Galloway Kite Trail.
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about to depart one of our other BBsThe Bonny Galloway Tour - 7B
- One of our most popular tours, with an optional midweek tour break. Price: £525 p.p.
One of our most popular tours, with an optional midweek tour break.
This tour has a similar route to The Galloway Triangle but with longer daily distances of around 27 miles a day. You also have a 3 night mid-tour stay in Newton Stewart to allow two circular day tours of The Machars and Glentrool area - or to indulge in a rest day!
After a circular day tour to the Scottish Riviera National Scenic Area, much of the signposted National Cycle Route is used for the next 2 days, with an overnight stop in picturesque Gatehouse of Fleet. The terrain here is coastal and upland stretches with several small towns, villages and places of interest along the way. The Machars peninsula is fairly flat with Wigtown book town and Garlieston harbour focal points. Glentrool is a 'Scottish Highlands' like area in the Galloway Hills. You follow The Queens Way through the open Galloway Forest Park with spectacular scenery, particularly at Clatteringhshaws loch.
The Glenkens has several hillside towns before you head south following the line of Loch Ken and the Galloway Kite Trail for your last day back to Castle Douglas.
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Inventors, Castles and Coast - 7C
- Great scenery and fascinating places to visit on this moderate tour. Price: £545 p.p.
Dumfries & Galloway must be naturally inspirational when you see just how many inventors hailed from here! The first 'Inventor' site you visit is John Paul Jones, the 'inventor' of the US Navy at Arbigland on the Solway Coast. Later the Savings Bank Museum in Ruthwell village commemorates Sir Henry Duncan, the Father of the first Savings Bank.
But the inventor highlight must surely be Keir Mill where Kirkpatrick MacMillan invented the pedal cycle in 1840. Near Castle Douglas you’ll pass the former house of James Clerk Maxwell, the physicist who ‘invented’ the theory of electromagnetism and who Einstein credited as being the inspiration for his special theory of relativity. You’ll have lots of time to explore historical attractions that include triangular Caerlaverock Castle and Drumlanrig Castle, home of the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry.
For the first three days of the tour you’re never far from the beautiful Solway coast and for the remainder of the tour you’ll enjoy river valley, faming countryside and upland cycling, all using scenic routes of around 26 miles per day. Contact us to obtain more information on this tour.
The Dumfries and Galloway Tour - 7D
- Experience the full breadth of Dumfries & Galloway, an excellent tour for the fit cyclist.
Price: £625 p.p.
With longer distances averaging 42 miles a day (maximum length 50 miles), this tour takes you right across south west Scotland, all the way to Scotland’s most southerly point, the Mull of Galloway lighthouse. You begin by spending two nights in Lockerbie exploring the eastern delights of the region including Border Reiver town Langhom and Samye Ling Buddhist monastery.
Drumlanrig Castle and Thornhill are your next destinations as you head through the Nith Valley before travelling west using part of the National Byways Cycle Route to Newtown Stewart. Portpatrick on the west coast is your base for 2 nights, and this picturesque fishing port boasts a number of tasty restaurants and friendly pubs.
A circular tour to the Mull of Galloway is a real highlight, and the view from the lighthouse on a clear day can show you every country in the UK, including Scotland, England, Ireland, the Isle of Man – even as far south as Wales! Glenluce Abbey and Wigtown Book Town take you back to Newton Stewart and your last day mainly follows the National Cycle Route back to Castle Douglas via the pretty towns of Gatehouse of Fleet and Kirkcudbright.
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The Dumfries and Galloway Tour
The Nith Valley and Galloway Explorer - 7E
- Seven days exploring Bonnie Galloway and the Nith Valley. Price: £545 p.p.
This nine day tour is very similar to the seven day Bonnie Galloway Tour, but also takes in Nith Valley. Averaging around 29 miles per day, you’ll spend 2 consecutive nights in Thornhill and 3 consecutive nights in Newton Stewart.
Your start with a 2 night stay in Castle Douglas as you undertake the Urr Valley and the Scottish Riviera circular day trip. You pass the Glenkiln Sculptures on the way to Keir Mill, birthplace of the pedal cycle. There’s lots to explore in and around Thornhill including Drumlanrig Castle and the Scottish Cycle Museum. Moniaive and the organic Green Tea House is a lovely refreshment stop on your way west, staying overnight in the Glenkens.
Your two night stop in Newtown Stewart offers the opportunity of a rest, and there are a host of things to see and do in this part of Galloway, including Kirroughtree Forest Visitor Centre, Creetown Gem Rock Museum, Wigtown Book Town and much more. Gatehouse of Fleet is your final overnight stop, and Kirkcudbright is an ideal half way point on your way back to Castle Douglas on your ninth day of cycling. Contact us to obtain more information on this tour.
Budget Cycling Holiday - 7F
- A two centre cycling break with circular day tours - saving on accommodation and luggage transfer costs. Price: £475 p.p.
This tour is designed to be great value with minimal luggage transfer costs but still give you a not too difficult week-long interesting cycling experience in the Stewartry area of Dumfries and Galloway.
You stay in Castle Douglas for 4 nights and Gatehouse of Fleet for 3 nights on this tour which includes 5 circular day tours and a day cycling to Gatehouse and the last day cycling back to Castle Douglas.
The daily cycling distance is around 25 miles, although we can often provide alternative route options to reduce or extend this distance according to your preference.
The route covers parts of several favourite routes and visits the Solway coast as well as quite countryside roads visting small towns and villages with some visitor centres along the way.
